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- Title
Refining and Mutual Separation of Rare Earths Using Biomass Wastes.
- Authors
Inoue, Katsutoshi; Alam, Shafiq
- Abstract
Two different types of adsorption gels were prepared from biomass wastes. The first gel was produced from astringent persimmon peel rich in persimmon tannin, a polyphenol compound, which was prepared by means of simple dehydration condensation reaction using concentrated sulfuric acid for crosslinking. This adsorption gel was intended to be employed for the removal of radioactive elements, uranium (U(VI)) and thorium (Th(IV)), from rare earths. The second gel was prepared from chitosan, a basic polysaccharide, produced from shells of crustaceans such as crabs, shrimps, prawns, and other biomass wastes generated in marine product industry, by immobilizing functional groups of complexanes such as ethylendiaminetetraacetic acid and diethylentriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA). This gel was developed for the mutual separation of rare earths. Of the two adsorption gels evaluated, the DTPA immobilized chitosan exhibited the most effective mutual separation among light rare earths.
- Subjects
RARE earth metals; BIOMASS; PERSIMMON; TANNINS; POLYPHENOLS; RADIOACTIVE elements; URANIUM
- Publication
JOM: The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2013, Vol 65, Issue 10, p1341
- ISSN
1047-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11837-013-0716-y